SLAC on Tap

SLAC has been bringing science to the Bay Area for over 60 years. SLAC on Tap events aims to teach the community about what we do through informal talks and interactive science demonstrations geared toward the general public. Have a drink (no host), learn about who we are and even do some science of your own.

There are currently no events scheduled in this series. Please visit our events page for more information.

 

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Upcoming Event

Shocking to the Core: Adventures in Earth Science

Double your pressure, double your fun! Join us for SLAC on Tap on May 9, when SLAC scientist and rock star Arianna Gleason will share the amazing secrets scientists are trying to squeeze from the depths of Earth and other...

Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 PM PDT

SLAC on Tap
SLAC on tap promo with Arianna Gleason
SLAC on tap promo with Arianna Gleason
May 09
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Past highlights

Past Event · SLAC ON TAP

A battery walks into a bar...

Presented by Johanna Nelson Weker. X-ray vision might sound like the stuff of superheroes and science fiction, but at SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) it’s what allows scientists to peer inside batteries and see what makes them tick.

Date Monday, January 27, 2020  · 6:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Old Pro
Staff scientist Johanna Nelson Weker gives a talk about pushing the battery revolution.
Past Event · SLAC on Tap

Diamonds are (not) forever

In the film Diamonds are Forever, James Bond’s archnemesis uses diamonds to build a space-based  laser weapon that can blow up stuff on Earth. SLAC physicist and Bond villain in training Emma McBride, however, uses lasers to mimic the extreme...
Date Tuesday, June 25, 2019  · 6:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Patio
An audience sits on a patio listening to a science talk and demonstration.
Past Event · SLAC on Tap

What on earth do Maseratis, ice hockey and corgi puppies have to do with telescopes?

Presented by Margaux Lopez. 

Date Tuesday, April 30, 2019  · 6:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Patio
SLAC on Tap event series poster
Past Event · SLAC on Tap

Lasers not attached to sharks, ultrafast science and the quantum mechanics of your sunglasses

Join us for the inaugural SLAC on Tap event at The Patio in Palo Alto. SLAC scientist Alan Fry will chat about lasers not attached to sharks, ultrafast science and the quantum mechanics of your sunglasses.  Have a drink, learn...
Date Tuesday, February 26, 2019  · 6:00 p.m.  –  7:00 p.m.  PT
Location The Patio
SLAC on Tap event series poster